Education for peace: Need of the hour for all disciplines

Abstract

Is there a place where mind is free from any kind of fear? Why is there a persistent threat? Why is so much of checking and frisking? Still there are bomb blasts, fear of bomb blasts at national and international level. Any countries budget is heavily loaded with armaments and accumulation of arms and ammunition. Why are people employing personal security systems and guards? Does the peace still emerge out of all such strategies being employed? Peace has two dimensions intrinsic and extrinsic. Will a person have peace with all the wealth and security systems? Will peace come from outside or should it come from within can we train people in peace? We religiously teach the preamble of our constitution to our school children, our youth in some form, indicating that this is the vision of India that we visualize and want to see in the near future to happen. The preamble indicates our lofty goals and ideals that we promise and give batch after batch of students. We need education for our students that is fair unbiased towards all the students and it is also inclusive for all people coming from any section of the society. Educational institution for long has been striving hard to build fair and just society for all. The current paper is trying to focus on some of the issues raised above and also it focuses on preventive strategies rather than ameliorative strategies. Authors are of the view that it is high time that the universities and colleges rise to the occasion and integrate peace in the framework of respective curriculum at various levels.